Gaelic Athletic Association

Hurling is believed to be the worlds oldest and fastest paced sport in history. Its roots have prehistoric origins and have been played for over 3,000 years, even older than recorded history of Ireland, which is its national game of play. The history itself of hurling is longer than the Bible and often unclear. Nonetheless hurling is an incredible sport full of rich history and a truly rigorous sport. Since hurling is not a well-known sport to us Americans, I’m going to give a brief background of

amongst others met at Hayes Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary. At that short meeting the Gaelic Athletic Association for the Preservation and Cultivation was founded. From the following year the Irish Republican Brotherhood began to take a strong interest in the Association and attempted to take over the Association in its early years, an attempt that had it succeeded may well have destroyed and ended the Association at that time. From then the GAA became engrained in the nationalist movement, with WF

influential, but one man realized that Ireland needed a cultural revitalization. In 1984, Michael Cusack, founder of the Gaelic Athletic Association, sent a letter between him and Archbishop T.W. Croke which was published in both The Nation and The Freeman’s Journal. In the letter, Cusack asked Croke if he was willing to become a patron of the GAA; willingly, Croke supported the association. Croke makes importance of why Ireland should disband from British culture as he explains “we had better once, and

Ireland there are 1705 Gaelic clubs, with forty one in Donegal and seven in the area of Inishowen including my own club Naomh Padraig. The club provides over 200 members with the chance to train and compete, while the club house acts as the go to place for dances and fund raisers. Throughout Ireland this is no different, GAA clubs act as the landmark for most parishes providing people with a sense of identity. “The GAA is a community based volunteer organisation promoting Gaelic Games, culture and lifelong

Although there were some significant changes evident in the GAA in Dublin in 1917 the majority of the Association in Dublin remained the same as before. The GAA in Dublin had a large increase in the number of clubs affiliated to it since the 1915 convention, with seventy clubs listed at the Annual Convention of 1916 which was held on 14 January 1917. Some of the new clubs were named in memory of those killed during the 1916.1 William Nolan notes that the Volunteers from North Dublin, founded the

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